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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (left), in conversation with Diane Edwards, President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), during the launch of the Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference and Operations Summit (CHICOS) on May 7.

Jamaica aiming for top 10 in Ease of Doing Business Index - Green

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 09 May 2019    nicola.wint   
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green announced that a target has been set for Jamaica to rank among the top 10 on the Ease of Doing Business Index within the next three years. This, he said, is to be achieved through the National Competitiveness Council Doing Business Reform Memorandum. “We have joined our public/private sector in a partnership in a body to advance policy research and public awareness of reform initiatives that facilitate the design of an enabling environment for businesses in Jamaica,” Minister Green said. “The...


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Chairman, Coconut Industry Board, Christopher Gentles (right) greets Minister of National Security, Hon Dr. Horace Chang (left) and Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre) at the CIB’s Annual General Meeting at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston on May 4.

Shaw wants improved enforcement of agricultural produce receipt book system

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 08 May 2019    nicola.wint   
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley, says that the law under which the Agricultural Produce Receipt Book System was established by the Government to combat praedial larceny, needs to be enforced. The minister’s call comes against the background of the number of complaints received from farmers of the frequent raiding of their farms by thieves and the inadequate enforcement of the law by the police force. “This is a time that is going to require of us courage, collective action and working in unity. When the criminals find that we are seriously working together...


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Hon. Audley Shaw speaking at the 10th Anniversary Middle Managers’ Conference

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 08 May 2019    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the 10th Anniversary Middle Managers’ Conference, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Seated from left are Director, Make Your Make Consultants (MYMC), Major Evon Lloyd; Pastor, Transformed Life Church, Reverend Dwight Fletcher; Managing Director, MYMC, Jacqueline Coke-Lloyd; and President, Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association, Metry Seaga. The conference is being held May 7-8 under the theme ‘Building and Unleashing Breakthrough Leadership’.


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Minister Shaw at the 10th Anniversary Middle Managers’ Conference

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 08 May 2019    nicola.wint   
Managing Director, Make Your Mark Consultants, Jacqueline Coke-Lloyd (left), along with Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre); and President, Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association, Metry Seaga, at the 10th Anniversary Middle Managers’ Conference, at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. The conference is being held May 7-8 under the theme ‘Building and Unleashing Breakthrough Leadership’.


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Managing Director, Make Your Mark Consultants (MYMC), Jacqueline Coke-Lloyd (3rd left), greets Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (2nd right), at the 10th Anniversary Middle Managers’ Conference, at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Others from left are Director, MYMC, Major Evon Lloyd; Pastor, Transformed Life Church, Reverend Dwight Fletcher; and President, Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association, Metry Seaga. The conference is being held May 7-8 under the theme ‘Building and Unleashing Breakthrough Leadership’.

Middle managers encouraged to become transformational leaders

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 07 May 2019    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw is encouraging middle managers to become transformational leaders within their organizations by supporting their entities’ ultimate vision. “You must find out where senior management or owners want to take the organization and how you, as an individual middle manager, can help in that process,” Minister Shaw said. Speaking at the opening ceremony for the 10th annual Middle Managers’ Conference, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on Tuesday, May 5, Minister Shaw said that the evolution of transformational...


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Minister Shaw along with the Polish-Jamaican Chamber of Commerce Team

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 03 May 2019    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), along with (from left) Chief Executive Officer, Polimer Inno Tech Limited, Piotr Machnik; Jamaica’s Honorary Consul to Poland, Irena Cousins; Member of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce, Eleanor Crichton Hussey; and Founder, Polish-Jamaican Chamber of Commerce (P-JCC), Dr. Przemysław Jura, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Thursday, May 2, 2019. The P-JCC members are keen on partnering with Jamaica in several areas including food technology and recycling.


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Minister Shaw meets with the Polish-Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Team

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 03 May 2019    nicola.wint   
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, meets with the Polish-Jamaican Chamber of Commerce (P-JCC) team, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Thursday, May 2, 2019. The P-JCC members are keen on partnering with Jamaica in several areas including food technology and recycling.


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PS Spence meets with the Newport Fersan Team

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 03 May 2019    nicola.wint   
Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Dermon Spence (centre), along with (from left) Principal Director-Technical Services, Rural Agricultural Development Authority, Marina Young; Senior Director, Agricultural Land Management Division, MICAF, Joan Brown Morrison; Chief Technical Director for Special Projects at the Ministry, Courtney Cole; Managing Director, Newport Fersan, Dennis Valdez; Business Development Manager, Newport Fersan, Hedda Rose Pitter; and Director, Special Projects, MICAF, Yolando Gibson, during a courtesy call...


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